rolling out the challenges  (late) once again. Bard Challenge (hero ideas) this months theme is Light and Dark… Godzilla Challenge (item ideas) and this month you are building traps. Please remember to post a link to your idea in the thread (follow the lead of a veteran poster) for it will NOT be counted if no link is provided (because it is not officially submitted)  Read More →

August Bard and Godzilla challenges are up, don’t forget to enter them if you want an easy way to get your work published on the site. the Bard Challenge (hero ideas) can be found here the Godzilla Challenge (items) can be found here voting and entries close on the 25th, this leaves you with 13 days (as of this post) to get them in.  Read More →

Ok. it works like this. I may or may not have sold myself for some beta keys to this game to give away to you (the members of dotastrategy.com). Roughly half of them were gobbled up during DotActics 2010 but that leaves some more for me to get rid of. Keep your eyes out for competitions and other random little things over the next couple of months as a key might just be the prize. for those wondering what the hell Bloodline Champions (BLC) is,... 

If you are or know a female player of League of Legends based in the Philippines, please send me a PM or leave a comment below with contact details. This is a job-related post, BTW. Thanks!  Read More →

While browsing the site you might occasionally run into something called the “Like” button. It can be found in the Strategy, Hero Idea and Item Idea pages. It pretty much speaks for itself. You click the Like button if you like a strategy, or a hero idea or item idea. What happens is it also shows up in your Facebook account. It’s a great way to promote DS and if you are the creator of the content, it’s a fast way to... 

Just wanna give a shoutout to our winners of Dotactics 2010: Folechno , BlowThaCandlesOut and KevinMaster . Excellent work guys! You’ll get your prizes within a week or two. For the time being you can enjoy seeing your names immortalized somewhere in the site. Thanks to our hardworking mod who made Dotactics possible, GreaterBash, and all the mods/maids/ninjas who helped decide the winners!  Read More →

After a month away for members to flesh out their Dotctics guides, we are back again. Vote for the Bard Challenge winner Vote for the Godzilla Challenge winner and don’t forget to make an entry yourself, winning is a way to get your ideas published and win fame on this site forever. voting and entrances close Tuesday May 25, 2010, 1:30pm (GMT 10+)  Read More →

If you haven’t downloaded the latest map yet, CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!! As usual frogs tend to blabber a lot whenever something changes. The blabberlog is too lengthy to be all discussed here, but We’ll single out the most... 

Too many remakes to mention! Whoaaaa! Download it here . Discuss in the comments section as you please, or see early discussions in the forums.  Read More →

Wah haven’t blogged for a while, apologies for the delay Since 6.65 (and now 6.66) has been released, a new metagame is becoming apparent. That is, a ganker dominated one. The end of DPSgeddon? Probably not. But Icefrog is trying to focus on a whole new dimension here, and if you don’t believe me, look at the changes that have been made. The first and foremost one is obviously the introduction of Urn of Shadows . For almost all gankers... 

The omg version is finally here. Changelogs below, with my comments inserted. Discussion in the comment box below. 666 Changelogs (copied from  http://www.playdota.com/changelogs/6.66 ) Heroes Batrider – Flaming Lasso cooldown decreased from 130/90/50 to 90/70/50 We say: Yes the buff is definitely welcome. We think that 130 sec for a level 1 ultimate that disables only 1 person without any damage is simply too poor a meal for bats. Beastmaster... 

Check out the new section on the front page called “New Comments”. This section aggregates all the comments coming from the item, hero, item idea, hero idea and strategy databases. That way members can keep track of what’s happening in other parts of the site. For now, it displays the latest 5 comments. If you think this is too low (or too much) let me know. Watch out for more features on DS. Also, work on LS (lolstrategy.com)... 

Let’s start the New Year with a bang! I’d like to invite all members to try out our new Library Guide Builder. It is much like the Strategy Builder but this one has a wider scope and deals with other aspects of the game. You can see some very good samples in the Library Guide section. I really want to get this section active so the one thing that I ask you to do after you finish your guide is to shoot me a PM asap so we could it up... 

2009 has been a very eventful year everywhere. From politics to environment, it’s all in the news. Change has been the only constant this year. We wonder, is it because of  Change We Can Believe In? For us, change has been massive for Dota as far as I’m concerned. Here’s a recap of what happened throughout the year. ______________________________________________________________ First, Dota underwent what we could say the most massive... 

Was in a holidaying mood yesterday and was quite (pleasantly) surprised to find out about the frog’s Christmas gift. Who wouldn’t find it cool to see chickens, raccoons, penguins, vultures, Pudges, the Techies, the giant Rosh et al wearing Santa hats? But beyond the Christmas spirit, here are some of our initial thoughts about the new map. Mind you this is initial – it isn’t meant to be conclusive. We can’t say...